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Kindred by Octavia E. Butler

50 reviews

gizzylove's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This book was amazing. Heavy read, but an important read. Octavia Butler used science fiction, this genius use of time travel to explore it through the lens of a black woman. And it pays off, giving incredible, yet heartbreaking and hard to stomach insights into slavery and the ante bellum south. Throughout it we see these relationships of kindred spirits, the difficulty to accept our ancestors within the context of their time period, and to accept we carry more of them within ourselves than we'd like to admit. We see it with her ancestors, her chosen family in the 1800s, and her husband Kevin, who shows the lack of awareness that white people can have, how time travel in the hypothetical and real is a much different experience, one that Kevin at first saw as not so bad. I truly appreciated the relationships and how they developed which in turn served to display a theme. Butler wrote this in such a way where there is endless commentary, and so much to learn from. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing, Racism, Murder, Physical abuse, Medical content, Sexual content, Injury/Injury detail, Self harm, Death, Pregnancy, Grief, Racial slurs, Rape, Vomit, Sexual assault, Slavery, Suicide attempt, Torture, and Violence

linneak's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Cursing, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Slavery, Physical abuse, Racial slurs, Racism, Rape, Suicide, Self harm, Sexism, Suicide attempt, Death, Torture, Violence, and Emotional abuse

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury, Toxic relationship, Colonisation, Trafficking, Medical content, Toxic friendship, Miscarriage, Pregnancy, Blood, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Physical abuse, Death of parent, and Murder

hcrawfo3's review against another edition

dark sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Rape, Gore, Sexual violence, Physical abuse, Racism, Suicide, Trafficking, Emotional abuse, Torture, Colonisation, Cursing, Misogyny, Racial slurs, Grief, Slavery, Suicide attempt, Violence, Body horror, Death, Murder, Toxic relationship, Child abuse, Child death, Sexual assault, and Hate crime

mysticalbluerose's review against another edition

dark hopeful inspiring reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Slavery, Suicide, Rape, Racial slurs, Racism, Cursing, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Rape, Infidelity, Addiction, Alcohol, Death of parent, and Vomit

Minor: Child death

emmaw6859's review against another edition

dark emotional informative reflective sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Suicidal thoughts, Violence, Racial slurs, Physical abuse, Slavery, Death, Racism, and Cursing

Moderate: Alcohol, Injury/Injury detail, Suicide, Torture, and Misogyny

tiggerrd's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Violence, Physical abuse, and Racism

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Self harm, Gun violence, Suicidal thoughts, and Suicide

Minor: Cursing, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

sup3r_xn0va_maya's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

💬:“Strength. Endurance. To survive, my ancestors had to put up with more than I ever could. Much more. You know what I mean.”

Butler, Octavia. Kindred (p. 51). Beacon Press. Kindle Edition. 

📖Genres: fantasy, historical fiction, science fiction, classics, time travel, fiction

📚Page Count: 264

🎧Audiobook Length: 10hrs 55mins

👩🏾‍🏫My Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 5/5

Kindred is largely regarded as Octavia E. Butler's magnum opus, or in other words, her most famous and important book. This book is harrowing and it always keeps me on the edge of my seat. This book is about a Black woman from the 1970's be thrusted back in time to the antebellum south, around 1815.

Kindred was an entire experience for me. As a Black woman, this book was terrifying, the thought of going back to the antebellum south, in an era where we as Black people had no rights to speak of. Dana went through so much in this book because Octavia E Butler does not shy away from putting her characters through the wringer to prove several points. 

This book was just phenomenal! It's so hard to believe that this was written in 1979. It could have as easily been written in 1980 or 2015. I'm giving this book 5 out of 5 stars.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️  
5/5

I listened to this audiobook on [Libro.fm]

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Drug abuse, Police brutality, Racial slurs, Racism, Child abuse, Child death, Body horror, Self harm, Confinement, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, Slavery, Violence, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Misogyny, Murder, Death of parent, Grief, Sexual assault, Blood, Alcohol, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Physical abuse, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Kidnapping, Sexual violence, Torture, Vomit, Death, Cursing, and Sexism

ladydamonayde's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional inspiring reflective sad

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Slavery, Racism, Violence, Racial slurs, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Colonisation, Sexual violence, Cursing, Rape, Child abuse, and Sexual assault

jenmcreads's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

5.0

This is one of those books that is so good you lose any access to words trying to describe it. The word that comes up most for me is visceral. The experience of reading this book was so visceral for me. I think this does an incredible job of showing both individual responsibility in the midst of horrifying injustices (in this case, slavery, so among the very worst imaginable), however also emphasizing the way individuals can get swept up in such a large system. The narration was clear that individuals (such as Rufus) were not solely responsible for the overwhelming brutality and injustice of the system, but it also did not exonerate the characters for the acts they were responsible for. Something about this book more than anything I have ever read really drove home the relentless and lifelong brutality of life for those who were enslaved in the antebellum South, and while horrifying, this was a truly remarkable read. I feel so dumb trying to write about this book, just read it. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Alcohol, Body horror, Child abuse, Colonisation, Pregnancy, Racism, Violence, Medical content, Misogyny, Self harm, Classism, Emotional abuse, Medical trauma, Rape, Alcoholism, Child death, Sexual assault, Bullying, Cursing, Gun violence, Incest, Gaslighting, Gore, Confinement, Death, Domestic abuse, Murder, Death of parent, Sexism, Blood, Hate crime, and Racial slurs

grove9ruby's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious medium-paced

4.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Slavery, Sexual assault, Suicide, Racism, and Police brutality

Moderate: Emotional abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Death, Cursing, Alcohol, Self harm, Rape, Racial slurs, Murder, Suicide attempt, Infidelity, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, and Child death

Minor: Grief, Addiction, and Religious bigotry